Coefficient x Progress

Posted November 18th 2010 11:28 pm

As you may (or may not) know, I did work on the comment system this morning (last night?) and got it mostly, if not completely, done. The biggest issue I was running into last night was that Chrome and Safari were caching the old js file and I couldn't figure out why the cache wasn't being cleaned (after having extensions in Chrome clean it, and manually going in and cleaning it myself in both browsers, the cache issue was still there). Luckily, they finally gave up the cache and I was able to finish the comment system.

I was also informed by a family member that there was a small bug in the Tag system, but that was a quick 3-second fix. There was also an issue with the comments being inserted into the database, and that was solved as well. While on a roll, I also received my first spam bot, and implemented a feature to (hopefully) block spam bots.

After this morning's wake-up call, I dropped Keat off at school early and then went to the Ribbon Cutting ceremony at the newly remodeled Hardee's in Canton (Clyde? I don't know the exact town since both were being used interchangeably today). That was fun, although I didn't make any referrals or new business connections. I did get to meet a lot of the staff of the Champion Credit Union, since a lot of them recognized me but couldn't place what Champion did for us. That's another story for another time. After the ribbon cutting, we all went inside and the manager of the Hardee's allowed us to get a free lunch! Can't beat that: a free lunch at Hardee's! I wanted to try something new since this is a rare opportunity, but I ordered what I always order ($6 combo with a Monster Energy drink) since I didn't want to waste a free lunch. Not bad for a Thursday morning.

So that was this morning. Now onto the afternoon.....
I found a small issue with the Fire & Ice site after I implemented the new "Show More" jquery feature. Apparently, the slideshow feature that I have on a lot of sites uses the same commands as jQuery but didn't use the jQuery library, so it was getting confused and didn't work. Fixed that.

I'm also a part of the "Help a Reporter Out" (or HARO) community, and saw that a reporter was looking for "Freelance Web Designers" for a book. I thought, "What the hey?" and sent in a pitch to see if I could help out. I received an email about 10 minutes later saying that I was one of the few programmers that responded, the person was glad to have me contact them, the book deadline is at the end of this month, and I was given a 7-page interview sheet to fill out. Wow - didn't expect that.

I also received the check from a client today, so now we can upgrade the servers. Tomorrow's a little busy for me, so I'll have to do that next week. But at least we got the money to do that now.

Lastly, I paid my Progress energy bill last Thursday and the payment station we paid at said that they processed the full amount asked (I pay half, Keat pays half). Keat says that her bank account shows the check processed a few days ago. I checked my account, and no check had been processed (even after a week). I checked Progress's site and they said they received the full amount. Don't know what's going on with that. I'll contact the bank next week if it doesn't get processed by then.

After Keat and I got home, we slept for a bit since we were both tired. But it was hard to sleep when our neighbor decided to go outside and started singing. Ever heard nails across a chalkboard? Kinda like that. I'd rather take their dog howling for hours on end from separation anxiety (and being crated for hours) than her singing. But I won't go into details about that.

CJ says there is more trouble at LMP. Although I do feel somewhat responsible for the issues at LMP (since I put the new President in place), I can't help but think that I released an infection (the new president) there and everything has slowly deteriorated. I just wish I could have been there for another year (or more) to make sure things went smoothly.

That's it from me tonight. I'll see about adding a few more features to the blog and try to work on the accelerator. The server upgrade will have to wait until after the check processes (or else we can't pay the server company).